SAN RAFAEL, CA, Dec. 11, 2014 (North Bay Business Journal) -PulpWorks, a San Rafael-based company that uses recycled paper pulp to replace PVC packaging, won the top prize at the sixth annual North Bay Innovation Summit in September.

DENTON, TX, Dec. 11, 2014 (PRNewswire) -Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, has won two awards at the World Beverage Innovation Awards ceremony in Nuremberg, Germany. Tetra Top® with Separable Top was awarded Best Carton and Tetra Pak's bio based caps won the Best Closure category.

ESPOO, Finland, Dec. 15, 2014 (Press Release) -Metsä Board Corporation has selected Valmet as the supplier for its new folding boxboard production line at Husum mill, Sweden. The new machine will produce high-quality folding boxboard with an annual capacity of 400,000 tons. The start-up of the machine is scheduled for the beginning of 2016.

TORNESCH, Germany, Dec. 23, 2014 (Press Release) -In November, the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) named the 2015 WorldStars which will be awarded at the Milan trade fair IPACK-IMA in May 2015. Representatives from 17 member packaging organisations of WPO rated 265 projects submitted from 37 countries.